The Irish standard., 1887-02-12
SuiI-Dhuv,
THE COLNER.
BY ERALD GRIFFIN .
Author of IS The Collegians.' etc.
CHAPTER VII.-(Continued.) }
Author of ''The Colleg;ans." etc.

CHAPTER VII I.-(Continued.)
clio! no! ho! bravely done. wife. You're
fine lady, arn't you? Indeed you are.
O my boy, my child, my first and only
darling?' she continued, clasping the
terrified 11rohin wildly to her bosom
80 my hearts light! my treasure!
Look at me! Do you know me? 1'm
your mother; and I sent that man,
that gave you the tester, you know. !
sent him to shoot your father! Wasn't
I the iue mother to you? Don't curse
me, you young villain, or III dash
your brains out! He was going to take
the life of my friend, and I too; his,
shafts all. Don't tell any body, darling
o my love, my sweet love-here! put
your little head into my heart, and
comfort it, for it is breaking, and burn
ing, and leaping within me! That's
it, my dove" and gathering the pale
faced little creature with trembling
tenderness to her heart, she suffered
the torrent OF fierce passion to which
she had abandoned herself, 10 die away
in murnurs of nournful fondness and
agitation.
Suddenly starting UP, and throwing
her long hair back from her ears, she
remained in an attitude Of intense at
tention. "Ha!--was that a shot? No
not yet---s,lre. Stay. Dinny-stnnd
back, sir. What am / to do now?
Hide your black eyes, child, I can't
look at them. The young suileen dhnv.
Look, the storm will soon begin now.
Must / stay here all alone in the
black night, until ous or either OF them
returns to me? My head would rive
and burst. Stop, stop a moment!
What it the storm should come Oh
tlrealfu1ly, and tho thunder. and light
ming and rain? and hinder his passage?
He can't go past the Crag road. if
one shower more should moisten the
earth, under the Caraig- ou- Dhio]. O.
send ito Heaven, forgiving Hea-
ven, loolz Mt me- She flung herself on
her knees, clasped and wrung her hands
as she looked upward in rapture OF
dispair-"look at me Oh my knees, and
that's where you didn't sec rne for five
years and nore-for I dare not to do it!
but lock al ING now. praying to you TO
send down all your tthunders, and your
lightning, and your floods of rain, and
keep thein two aslznder th1s dreadful
nig!4tl DO it for your own glory, ii not
in pity to them or NE, for so sure as they
meet, there will be blood split in your
sight!-Red blood that Will lie heavy OH
the sledder's soul! aud Leave, may be,
an angel the less for your bright king
dom! Ha! is that my answered. she ex-
claimed, starting from the earth, as q
distant gathering Of thunder sounded
through The silent evening. "My heart
does not te}l me that my prayer is heard,
as it used to do when / knelt in my
iathar's house. My conscience is louder
tI.an tbs thunder, and it says that de-
serve no mercy! What hm to do? l
oan t stay hereto hear the clock tick,
ard the wind blow, while my brain is
oil one A,t,ne--I have It'll know all
Here Nancy, take care O the child!'' she
exclaimed, as the tall fellow presented
his awkward frame at the door-snd
tlashing fiercely past him, she hurried
along The path leading to the Coiner's
retreat.
In the meantime, MI. Seguc, Shine,
and the trotting guide, Awney Farrell,
procaeted on their way towards the
forge, which Mrs Spellacy had indi-
Gated, and where new accident awaited
them.
AS they approached the building, from
which the sound Of clanking anvil and |
hammer proceeded, SO as to give init
matietl OF the premises being pre-occu-
pied, Shide observed their guide start I!
and use a gesture Of alarm. The action
Instantly awakened the dormant suspi-
ions of the preacher. who was not obli-
vious of the conversation on the brass
coinage. Awney, however, did NOT suffer
the emotion tt remain visible In his
countenance or manner longer than was
absolutely necessary to establish it's ex-
istance even for the moment, but care
lessly turned his eyes from the door Of
the hovel.
1t WIS low. miserable looking shed,
the rafters broken. and the blackened
thatoa falling in various places. so as to
give free admission to the torrents of
rain which were of frequent occurrence
on this mountain district. and kept the
little undulations OF the earthen floor
constantly supplied with an abundance
OF the fluid. AS the travellers drew
nearer to the place, an elderly looking,